Greatest Medical Milestone? 'Sanitation,' Says Global Study

A global survey says the biggest medical milestone of the last 150 years is not vaccines, antibiotics, open-heart surgery, or the discovery of DNA.

Quick: What’s the greatest medical milestone of the last 150 years? Is it vaccines? Antibiotics like penicillin? X-ray and MRI imaging? Open-heart surgery? The discovery of DNA?

No, none of the above. The answer is: sanitation. At least that’s the conclusion of a global...

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